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heading into the last week, the romney campaign against president obama carries the scent of hell. john sununu, the top romney surrogate, barks at that lazy one in the white house who doesn't know how to be an american, who sarah palin mocks for shucking and jiving, and donald trump accuses again and again and again of being from kenya and playing monkey business with the country's economic numbers. you know, the same fellow romney says cheats on the welfare checks to feed his political base. the guy gingrich calls the food stamp president. listen to sununu last night yelling at former governor bill richardson to shut up saying general colin powell's political judgment is based on racial bias. trump offering a big bet the president won't show his student transcripts all to diminish the president's academic rise to editor of the harvard law review. yes, it's all directed at drumming up the blue collar white vote for the republican ticket and, yes, it smells. david corn is author of "the 47 percent" and joy reid is managing editor of the grio. both are msnbc political analysts. if th
heading into the last week, the romney campaign against president obama carries the scent of hell. john sununu, the top romney surrogate, barks at that lazy one in the white house who doesn't know how to be an american, who sarah palin mocks for shucking and jiving, and donald trump accuses again and again and again of being from kenya and playing monkey business with the country's economic numbers. you know, the same fellow romney says cheats on the welfare checks to feed his political base....
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this week, senate democrats are offering a plan to do just that. right now, companies get rewarded for sending jobs over seas. the cost of moving your company overseas is considered a business expense. it's tax detuktable. if you lay off americans, hell, you get a tax break. to bring jobs home act would change all of that. it would end the tax break for moving jobs overseas. instead, you get a 20% tax credit for bringing them back to america. right now, we're actually paying companies to lay off americans and leave the united states. and look at what it costs this country. over the past decade, the biggest companies have cut their work forces by almost three billion workers, but they have hired 2.4 million overseas. laid off americans are rallying to change the tax law. workers from washington to georgia to maine are asking their senators to bring the jobs home. >> all of our jobs are going overseas and we need to bring them back to the united states so that our grandchildren and their children will have jobs in the future instead of sending them o
this week, senate democrats are offering a plan to do just that. right now, companies get rewarded for sending jobs over seas. the cost of moving your company overseas is considered a business expense. it's tax detuktable. if you lay off americans, hell, you get a tax break. to bring jobs home act would change all of that. it would end the tax break for moving jobs overseas. instead, you get a 20% tax credit for bringing them back to america. right now, we're actually paying companies to lay...
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. >> with just 11 days until election, president obama made the media rounds this week, in between a nonstop campaign scheduled today alone, the president did at least seven affiliate interviews, a handful of radio interviews and a live interview for the under-30 crowd on mtv. what are you most worried about? malia getting her driver's licenses, malia malia going out on a date or malia being on facebook? >> i would worry about facebook. >> mitt romney on the other hand is playing hard to get. >> although it was last april when we began requesting that former governor romney answer your questions, his team has told us he's been, quote, unable to fit it in, unquote. >> we should also know once again, we've asked for the chance to spend similar time with the romney campaign. >> of course we extended the same offer to governor romney and we hoped to be able to bring you that interview sometime soon. >> joining me now for an exclusive interview, mtv's sway callaway. sway, congratulations. >> thank you very kindly. >> it turns out he's not that hard to get. he's doing all these shows, righ
. >> with just 11 days until election, president obama made the media rounds this week, in between a nonstop campaign scheduled today alone, the president did at least seven affiliate interviews, a handful of radio interviews and a live interview for the under-30 crowd on mtv. what are you most worried about? malia getting her driver's licenses, malia malia going out on a date or malia being on facebook? >> i would worry about facebook. >> mitt romney on the other hand is...
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president obama had the busiest dave his re-election this week but not before coming face to face with governor romney for the last time before election day. >> i congratulate him on taking out osama bin laden, drones are being used in drone strikes and i support that entirely and feel the president was right. i want to underscore the same point the president made i felt the same as the president did, i support his action there. absolutely the right thing to do to have crippling sanctions. >> i think romney is leaning obama. >> did you get a chance to watch the debates? they have super charged our campaign, i've got to tell you that. >> ohio, you know me. you know i mean what i say. you know that i do what i say i'm going to do. >> i voted for him in 2008 and i plan to stick with him in 2012 and i'll be voting for he had and vice president joe biden next month. >> i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape that it is something that god intended to happen. >> and let me bring in nbc news deputy political editor. yet again it seems the week went so fast but in other
president obama had the busiest dave his re-election this week but not before coming face to face with governor romney for the last time before election day. >> i congratulate him on taking out osama bin laden, drones are being used in drone strikes and i support that entirely and feel the president was right. i want to underscore the same point the president made i felt the same as the president did, i support his action there. absolutely the right thing to do to have crippling...
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what is the obama campaign saying today? next, press secretary ben labolt. [ le announcer ] there are only so many foods that make kids happy. and even fewer that make moms happy too. with wholesome noodles and bite sized chicken, nothing brings you together like chicken noodle soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. you paid...wow. hmmm. let's see if walmart can help you find the same look for less. okay. see? walmart has all these leading eyewear brands and styles. rockstar! really? yeah. oh, wow! oh, black frame looks good on you. yeah? you can get a complete pair starting at just -- $38. really?! and did you know that our glasses come with a free 12-month replacement guarantee? i didn't know walmart had all this. the price is impressive, the quality is too! come to walmart and see for yourself. find quality eyewear brands starting at just $38. only at walmart. what are they fitting, aliens? >>> some of the president's most ardent supporters are scratching their heads trying to explain what appeared possible
what is the obama campaign saying today? next, press secretary ben labolt. [ le announcer ] there are only so many foods that make kids happy. and even fewer that make moms happy too. with wholesome noodles and bite sized chicken, nothing brings you together like chicken noodle soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. you paid...wow. hmmm. let's see if walmart can help you find the same look for less. okay. see? walmart has all these leading eyewear brands and styles. rockstar!...
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swing state polls last week showed obama ahead by three points in wisconsin, by seven in michigan, but also losing to come ree in colorado and virginia. i mean, what do you make of the state of the race right now, bob? >> well, i think the whole variety of polls all over the place, i think the race has tightened since the first debate. i think you're right. the fighting barack obama has to show up tomorrow. by the way, it doesn't have to be obnoxious. when he gets asked a question by someone in the audience, stand up and say, look, there's a real difference between what i would do and what governor romney would do and outline that difference and show how he's going to stand up and fight for the middle class. i think the structure of this race still favors the president because romney virtually has to run the table, especially if obama holds that lead in ohio. >> now, joan, should the president point out the blatant dishonesty and distortions of mr. romney and his campaign to mr. romney tomorrow night in front of, i'm sure, what is going to be a record breaking crowd of viewers for the
swing state polls last week showed obama ahead by three points in wisconsin, by seven in michigan, but also losing to come ree in colorado and virginia. i mean, what do you make of the state of the race right now, bob? >> well, i think the whole variety of polls all over the place, i think the race has tightened since the first debate. i think you're right. the fighting barack obama has to show up tomorrow. by the way, it doesn't have to be obnoxious. when he gets asked a question by...
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finally i president obama gave his first response to the supreme court oral arguments over the health care law, saying it will be uphechld the only surprise is that he went public with the strategy that we reported last week that the white house was going to fall back on if the court ruled against them. >> ultimately, i'm confident that the supreme court will not take what would be an unpress depend -- unprecedented extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected congress. >> the president wand the court, hoe called a group of unelected people, about overturned the law. >> for years, what we have heard is the biggest problem on the bench was judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint. well, there's a good example and i'm pretty confident that this -- this court will recognize that and not take that step. >> interesting decision there by the president to quote conservative rhetoric about the courts and puts conservatives in a little bit of a box on this one. they criticized the president too hard because if they have ever
finally i president obama gave his first response to the supreme court oral arguments over the health care law, saying it will be uphechld the only surprise is that he went public with the strategy that we reported last week that the white house was going to fall back on if the court ruled against them. >> ultimately, i'm confident that the supreme court will not take what would be an unpress depend -- unprecedented extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong...
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. >> or to even lower gas prices, but even as the week threatened to be sucked down the drain of mitt's hot tub time machine, the obama camp released a new ad hinting at romney's lack of tranz pa transparency. >> tax havens, offshore accounts carried interest. mitt romney has used every trick in the book. he admits in the last two years he's paid less than 2% on 43 million in income. >> the romney campaign of course was busy trying to change the subject, suggesting what else? that the president isn't american. here's romney east surrogate on a romney conference call earlier today. >> the president is clearly dem traited that he has absolutely no idea how the american economy functions. the men and women all over america who have worked hard to build these businesses, their business businesses, from the ground up, is how our economy became the envy of the world. it is the american way and i wish this president would learn how to be an american. >> some of us which campaign operatives would learn some more sophisticated tactics. let's get to our panel. with us from washington, dana milban
. >> or to even lower gas prices, but even as the week threatened to be sucked down the drain of mitt's hot tub time machine, the obama camp released a new ad hinting at romney's lack of tranz pa transparency. >> tax havens, offshore accounts carried interest. mitt romney has used every trick in the book. he admits in the last two years he's paid less than 2% on 43 million in income. >> the romney campaign of course was busy trying to change the subject, suggesting what else?...
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over the past three weeks the obama campaign has been feeling good post-convention, they survived this libya incident. yesterday was a stumble but i think they've been feeling quite confident and you see it in his demeanor, you see it in the crowds pretty excited out there. and i think that's how it's going to -- i mean i think you know what they don't want -- i saw bob woodward say -- talking about the october surprise and i think that libya moment, there was this sense of oh, my gosh, is this going to be the thing that blows up in our face. now we've moved through, romney keeps having secret videos of him hating poor people coming out. >> i don't think there's secret videos of him hating poor people. >> i don't know that they've moved through libya. yesterday you had the white house say for the first time this was a southwest evident terror attack -- self-evident terror attack. >> a complete walk back from everything susan rice said. >> with the caveat -- it's not over yet. >> i don't think we can say -- >> maggie is not done with this yet. i don't think the white house is done with
over the past three weeks the obama campaign has been feeling good post-convention, they survived this libya incident. yesterday was a stumble but i think they've been feeling quite confident and you see it in his demeanor, you see it in the crowds pretty excited out there. and i think that's how it's going to -- i mean i think you know what they don't want -- i saw bob woodward say -- talking about the october surprise and i think that libya moment, there was this sense of oh, my gosh, is this...
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president obama made a mistake saying you and i have similar views on social security. >> he is going to have to clarify. in fact, he's already gotten a letter or did last week from senators, 29 of them, want to know where the president is on social security. that's the point i made last night. he may have opened up a can of worms for himself. sam, specifically, to what degree must president obama dismantle romney's outright lies on a host of issues? i mean, this is where the campaign is right now, isn't it? >> well, it's tough to get a sense of where they are, you know, because there hasn't been really good reporting about what they were thinking going into that debate. i think e.j.'s right. on one hand they didn't want to come off as sort of the aggressor. so the trajectory is in obama's favor. keep in mind if you look at the map, he has to win ohio, wisconsin and iowa and keep the states he won -- and keep the kerry map. he'll end up the next president of the united states. they have a very easy path to victory. they didn't want to upset the trajectory. i think if you have a few mo
president obama made a mistake saying you and i have similar views on social security. >> he is going to have to clarify. in fact, he's already gotten a letter or did last week from senators, 29 of them, want to know where the president is on social security. that's the point i made last night. he may have opened up a can of worms for himself. sam, specifically, to what degree must president obama dismantle romney's outright lies on a host of issues? i mean, this is where the campaign is...
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six ohio polls were released this week. five of them have president obama leading. one is tied. president obama's average lead in ohio is 2.3 points. that's a big lead, seriously. now families in northern ohio have not forgotten what the rescue of the automobile industry did for their state. one in eight ohio jobs are about the automobile industry. this is why mitt romney is doing everything he possibly can to down play the impact of the auto rescue. his political director says the obama campaign dropped the auto bailout on us, but there's only so long you can ride that one trick pony. you think getting a paycheck is a one-trick pony? romney called last night's event a victory rally. today romney gave a standard stump speech in iowa, but his campaign called it a victory event. so if you believe mitt romney, heck, he's already won the election. the auto rescue was no big deal and ohio jobs are getting shipped over to china. you can't believe a word this guy says. one no knows this isn't true is rob portman. portman knows romney is toast without ohio. >> if we don't win ohio, it's
six ohio polls were released this week. five of them have president obama leading. one is tied. president obama's average lead in ohio is 2.3 points. that's a big lead, seriously. now families in northern ohio have not forgotten what the rescue of the automobile industry did for their state. one in eight ohio jobs are about the automobile industry. this is why mitt romney is doing everything he possibly can to down play the impact of the auto rescue. his political director says the obama...
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and this tape has handed the obama campaign the political equivalent of a sledge hammer. in virginia today, the president was swinging it again at mr. romney's view of america. >> i don't believe we can get very far with leaders who write off half the nation as a bunch of victims, who think that they're not interested in taking responsibility for their own lives. i don't see a lot of victims in this crowd today. i see hard working virginiians. nobody believes that anyone's entitled to success in this country. we don't believe the government should be helping people who refuse to help themselves, but we do believe in something called opportunity. the values we believe in don't just belong to workers or businesses, the 53% or the 47%, the rich or the poor, the 1%, the 99% -- these are american values. they belong to all of us. >> they belong to all of us. suddenly, the talk about taxes doesn't seem so bad, and that political sledgehammer was passed to joe biden today. for the first time, he weighed in on the tape. it was classic joe biden. >> he thinks these folks believe t
and this tape has handed the obama campaign the political equivalent of a sledge hammer. in virginia today, the president was swinging it again at mr. romney's view of america. >> i don't believe we can get very far with leaders who write off half the nation as a bunch of victims, who think that they're not interested in taking responsibility for their own lives. i don't see a lot of victims in this crowd today. i see hard working virginiians. nobody believes that anyone's entitled to...
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. >> you don't think there will be a better prepared president obama on stage next week? >> when you're not that bright, you can't get better prepared. >> lazy. not that bright. this is the president of the united states he's talking about. he was pressed about .comment. >> did you really need to call the president of the united states lazy? >> yes. i think you saw him admit it the night before when he delivered the pizzas. he said, you know, they're making me do this work. he didn't want to prepare for this debate. he's lazy and disengaged. >> now, we've seen this disrespect right from day one. it cannot be tolerated. mitt romney must denounce a n sununu's ugly talk. joining me now, opinion writer from the "washington post," and victoria defrancesco, a fellow at the university of texas and an msnbc contributor. thanks both of you for being here tonight. jonathan, calling the president lazy. how does governor romney allow this to be said on his behalf? >> he just allows to be said. this isn't the first time governor sununu has said impertinent things about the president.
. >> you don't think there will be a better prepared president obama on stage next week? >> when you're not that bright, you can't get better prepared. >> lazy. not that bright. this is the president of the united states he's talking about. he was pressed about .comment. >> did you really need to call the president of the united states lazy? >> yes. i think you saw him admit it the night before when he delivered the pizzas. he said, you know, they're making me do...
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iowa remains fluid but has tilted towards obama in the past two weeks. so with all of the tightening of the national polls, on the ground and battlegrounds, it seems like they are getting nervous with a lot of justification, jonathan. >> well, as both sides have known all along, as we have known all along, it's going to be about the ground game, both in the early voting states such as ohio but also on election day. getting those people out to the polls, early vote or get to the polls on november 6th and that's something that the obama campaign has been focused on from minute one and also focused on getting out their coalition of voters. women, people of color, african-americans in particular, latinos in particular, getting them out there in the numbers that they voted in 2008, get them to do that again in 2012. >> now, krystal, the obama campaign is getting very specific about that. quote, after using their huge database increased registration among favorable voting groups in crucial states, they are now pinpointing people who is on absentee ballots and
iowa remains fluid but has tilted towards obama in the past two weeks. so with all of the tightening of the national polls, on the ground and battlegrounds, it seems like they are getting nervous with a lot of justification, jonathan. >> well, as both sides have known all along, as we have known all along, it's going to be about the ground game, both in the early voting states such as ohio but also on election day. getting those people out to the polls, early vote or get to the polls on...
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have sununu out there trying to push that obama's dishonest. that obama's a liar. he's throwing around these phrases. i think it is a play by the romney campaign to get something else on the radar beside romney's tax returns. >> stop there. assume i i said to you, learn how to be an american. >> it's a poor phrase. >> what does it mean? why don't you learn how to be an american, costa. >> i think it means you made a mistake in that phrase. >> what do you mean? i considered it a serious slur against somebody, a fellow american to say they're not really an american. >> if you meant that in a direct way, it would be a mistake. >> want me to play it again? >> i'm not disagreeing with you that it was a bad phrase. it was obviously a poor choice of words and mistake. chris, chris, i was on the call and it was an economic argument he was making. i was listening to the whole call. >> you know, if that won't so harmonious with the stuff limbaugh put out today, he hates america, the stuff bachmann's been putting out, over and over again, this sense and it feeds into that 48%
have sununu out there trying to push that obama's dishonest. that obama's a liar. he's throwing around these phrases. i think it is a play by the romney campaign to get something else on the radar beside romney's tax returns. >> stop there. assume i i said to you, learn how to be an american. >> it's a poor phrase. >> what does it mean? why don't you learn how to be an american, costa. >> i think it means you made a mistake in that phrase. >> what do you mean? i...
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the bad news is, president obama's number hasn't moved. so the bounce that he got into the 49, 50% range has held where it's governor romney's number that is fluid. are you one of those that believe that 49, 50% is the winning range? so that your next job, you're in the race, then the next job is you have to figure out how to peel votes away. >> you look at this in the context of where we are. there's five-plus weeks. there's a lot that can happen in five weeks. there's three presidential debates. and there's probably two or three hundred million ads to be dumped on the public. things change in presidential campaigns quite actively in september and early october. it's now that you start looking at serious numbers. the carter/reagan race didn't change until the last few weeks. there's a close parallel between this and carter/reagan. >> let me ask you about new hampshire's poll. i'm sure you didn't miss it. 15-point deficit for mitt romney. i'm guessing you'll argue with some parts. >> i'm not going to argue with it at all. do you really bel
the bad news is, president obama's number hasn't moved. so the bounce that he got into the 49, 50% range has held where it's governor romney's number that is fluid. are you one of those that believe that 49, 50% is the winning range? so that your next job, you're in the race, then the next job is you have to figure out how to peel votes away. >> you look at this in the context of where we are. there's five-plus weeks. there's a lot that can happen in five weeks. there's three presidential...
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. >> but your colleague, your friend, your co-author, mark halperin, writes about the obama campaign and how they sort of orchestrated this the last couple weeks and said they parcelled out their opposition research in a manner both strategic and tactical and there is more to come, for sure. why has team romney not at this point developed an adequate response? other than i'm not enthusiastic. >> to what? >> i'm simply not enthusiastic about releasing the paperwork? >> he's not enthusiastic, because there's that adequate response. look, i think george will, first, mark is exactly right. a few months ago i was sitting with a senior white house official who said we have a handful of cards we want to play and if this campaign goes well, we will play them and play them in a certain order. they had a long time to do research on governor romney. nothing, i say this is not -- no break criticizing my fellow journalist, people who have been covering this story, a lot of this stuff is coming from the obama campaign. they stretched this story out with great political expertise and have taken up
. >> but your colleague, your friend, your co-author, mark halperin, writes about the obama campaign and how they sort of orchestrated this the last couple weeks and said they parcelled out their opposition research in a manner both strategic and tactical and there is more to come, for sure. why has team romney not at this point developed an adequate response? other than i'm not enthusiastic. >> to what? >> i'm simply not enthusiastic about releasing the paperwork? >>...
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with the obama campaign, crossroads, gps. now the rnc is also joining that fight, getting some money in, making some buys to the point that now crossroads, outside groups, along with team romney, are outspending team obama 2-1. this week in the top ten markets, really, that's a big, big change from what we had seen previously. >> huge shift going under the radar right now. that's why first read brings it to the top, to the forefront. domenico, thank you for joining us. appreciate it. >>> ben bernanke is warning that the u.s. is head for another recession if the economy is allowed to go off the so-called fiscal cliff at year's end. tim geithner spoke to cnbc's larry kudlow about the lack of answers on capitol hill. >> is this the most chaotic political moment that we've seen? >> i don't know if it's chaotic, but it's stuck and it needs to get unstuck. the most powerful instruments of economic policy that the country needs right now are in the hands of the congress. they're things that the executive branch, be the fed cannot co
with the obama campaign, crossroads, gps. now the rnc is also joining that fight, getting some money in, making some buys to the point that now crossroads, outside groups, along with team romney, are outspending team obama 2-1. this week in the top ten markets, really, that's a big, big change from what we had seen previously. >> huge shift going under the radar right now. that's why first read brings it to the top, to the forefront. domenico, thank you for joining us. appreciate it....
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what are you doing the next couple weeks? >> i'm going to campaign for president obama. >> where are you going? >> virginia, new hampshire. >> what's your pitch? >> my pitch is he's done a great job, he's a man of courage and conviction and judgment. if you're talking about judgment and how important if to have a cool head in the crisis, know what their gut values are, how they're going to make decisions, has done a good job, great job in keeping us out of war and building our economy back up and certainly is on the side of women and women's health. he absolutely is is the right -- >> you're with him on all these points. just across the street here is american university where president kennedy gave the great peace speech which was so successful it brought the soviets to the table. let's take a look at the bit of that speech. it's the theme you're carrying on here. here's president kennedy speaking on peace at the famous, i think it's his best speech, the american university commencement address across the street here. let's
what are you doing the next couple weeks? >> i'm going to campaign for president obama. >> where are you going? >> virginia, new hampshire. >> what's your pitch? >> my pitch is he's done a great job, he's a man of courage and conviction and judgment. if you're talking about judgment and how important if to have a cool head in the crisis, know what their gut values are, how they're going to make decisions, has done a good job, great job in keeping us out of war and...
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the third and final debate between president obama and mitt romney was a study in contrast. but it wasn't contrast on the debate itself. an aggressive president acting like a candidate with more to prove and a risk averse romney playing prevent defense, aiming to do no harm. president gamed arm with zingers trying to disqualify romney as potential commander in chief and romney hit him back barely directly. >> a few months ago when you asked what's the biggest jie yoe political threat facing america, you said russia. not al qaeda. russia. the cold war's been over for 20 year. you seem to want to imimportant foreign policies of the 1980s lining the social policies of the 1950s. i know you haven't been in a position to execute foreign policy but every time you've offered an opinion you've been wrong. >> attacking me is not an agenda. attacking me is not how we'll deal with problems in the middle east. >> as debate went on romney settled on a strategy of trying to stay above the fray, searching for areas of agreement and at times romney sounded downright dovish. >> you stuck wit
the third and final debate between president obama and mitt romney was a study in contrast. but it wasn't contrast on the debate itself. an aggressive president acting like a candidate with more to prove and a risk averse romney playing prevent defense, aiming to do no harm. president gamed arm with zingers trying to disqualify romney as potential commander in chief and romney hit him back barely directly. >> a few months ago when you asked what's the biggest jie yoe political threat...
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. >> let me ask you something, david, how does mitt romney in the very week that he's running an ad, that he says, i'm mitt romney, i approve this ad, it's patently false and he's lecturing people on the quality of campaigns? he ought to be ashamed of himself. >> do you support $700 billion in cuts in medicare over the next ten years. >> i'm not running for president? >> do you? why can't you answer? >> paul ryan is running for vice president. >> david gregory is moderator of "meet the press." david, i was just struck when you just sat back and looked at the entire show yesterday -- >> yeah. >> -- and we were in many ways as policy junkies that want to see a cross section here, saying, this is going to elevate the debate. we saw a lot of evidence that wasn't going to be the case. >> well, correct. because of the rhetoric and demogogary. but if you can dial that back, you say, what are we doing about a program that is going broke, that's medicare for seniors? we're still at the stage of who would do more harm to it? who has done more harm between the ryan budget and what the president
. >> let me ask you something, david, how does mitt romney in the very week that he's running an ad, that he says, i'm mitt romney, i approve this ad, it's patently false and he's lecturing people on the quality of campaigns? he ought to be ashamed of himself. >> do you support $700 billion in cuts in medicare over the next ten years. >> i'm not running for president? >> do you? why can't you answer? >> paul ryan is running for vice president. >> david...
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heading into the last week the romney campaign against president obama carries the scent of hell. john sununu, the top romney surrogate, barks at that lazy one in the white house who doesn't know how to be an american, who sarah palin mocks for shucking and jiving, and donald trump accuses again and again and again of being from kenya and playing monkey business with the country's economic numbers. you know, the same fellow romney says cheats on the welfare checks to feed his political base. the guy again rich calls the food stamp president. listen to sununu last night yelling at former governor bill richardson to shut up saying, general colin powell's political judgment is based on racial bias. trump offering a big bet the president won't show his student transcripts all to diminish the president's academic rise to editor of the harvard law review. yes, it's all directed at drumming up the blue collar white vote for the republican ticket and, yes, it smells. david corn is author of "the 47 percent" and roy reid is managing editor of the grio. both are msnbc political analysts. if
heading into the last week the romney campaign against president obama carries the scent of hell. john sununu, the top romney surrogate, barks at that lazy one in the white house who doesn't know how to be an american, who sarah palin mocks for shucking and jiving, and donald trump accuses again and again and again of being from kenya and playing monkey business with the country's economic numbers. you know, the same fellow romney says cheats on the welfare checks to feed his political base....
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obama is going to win. it might be one of the first states to fully reject a gay marriage amendment. >> the paul wellstone death was so devastating when it happened. he remains a testament to conviction politics and to organizing and everything that i think is great about politics and can be great about politics was represented by paul wellstone. >> michael brennan doherty? >> i didn't know about an incident that happened in 1995 where norwegian scientists wanted to study the aurora bore alice. they warned the kremlin they would lawn launch a rocket into speights to do this. still it looked like a u.s. trident missile sent in the direction of muss sill as an emp. boris yeltsin was awakened in the middle of the night and discussed whether to launch hundreds of icms at the united states. i would like to bring this up to bring up a retro issue which is the abolition of nuclear weapons which is something that even ronald reagan imposed -- >> and president obama is in support of abolition of nuclear weapons. >>
obama is going to win. it might be one of the first states to fully reject a gay marriage amendment. >> the paul wellstone death was so devastating when it happened. he remains a testament to conviction politics and to organizing and everything that i think is great about politics and can be great about politics was represented by paul wellstone. >> michael brennan doherty? >> i didn't know about an incident that happened in 1995 where norwegian scientists wanted to study the...
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the obama campaign released this chart this week showing how many years worth of tax returns the last four presidents released as they campaigned for office. they're putting this out because they think mr. romney has been wrong when he asserted he's following precedent. he released eight years. george w. bush released ten. clinton released 12 years. poppy bush released 14 years. then they added on another guy, the last blue column, that is george romney, who is just a candidate for president. he of course never became president, but he is mitt romney's dad. so what's normal in presidential politics is to release many years of your tax returns. the romney campaign if they cont wanted to could come back and say all those people who became president and my dad released more than five years, sure, that's a precedent. but there's also another precedent, john mccain only released two years. the romney campaign if they wanted to could make that case. john mccain did only release two years of his tax returns when he ran for president. here's the political problem for the romney campaign on ta
the obama campaign released this chart this week showing how many years worth of tax returns the last four presidents released as they campaigned for office. they're putting this out because they think mr. romney has been wrong when he asserted he's following precedent. he released eight years. george w. bush released ten. clinton released 12 years. poppy bush released 14 years. then they added on another guy, the last blue column, that is george romney, who is just a candidate for president....
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>> i'm going to be campaigning for president obama? >> where are you going? >> virginia, new hampshire, and who knows where else. >> what is your pitch? >> i think we're on the right -- he's done a great job. he's a man of courage, conviction, and judgment. and if you're talking about judgment and how important it is to have a cool head in crisis and how they are going to make decisions and who has done a great job in keeping us out of war and building our economy back up, and certainly it's on the side of women and women's health and he absolutely is the right -- >> just across the street is american university. >> right. >> where your dad -- president kennedy gave the great peace speech which was so successful, it brought the soviets to the table. the first agreement with the soviets since the beginning of the cold war. let's look at that speech because i think it's the theme that you are carrying on here. here is president kennedy speaking on peace. i think it's his best speech across the street here. let's watch. >> our most basic common link is that we a
>> i'm going to be campaigning for president obama? >> where are you going? >> virginia, new hampshire, and who knows where else. >> what is your pitch? >> i think we're on the right -- he's done a great job. he's a man of courage, conviction, and judgment. and if you're talking about judgment and how important it is to have a cool head in crisis and how they are going to make decisions and who has done a great job in keeping us out of war and building our economy...
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we saw the news taking osier in the last week or so. how much weight do you put on this at this point? >> unfortunately or fortunately i was trained as a political scientist. taught political science at bucknell university before i went into the business i'm in now, which is kind of a political handicapping, and i keep an eye on what political scientists say and do and what their models show, but i remember too many models in of the past that predicted one thing and something else happened. in 1980, one of the first stories i wrote, a congressional district and called a famous political scientist at yale to get his opinion on the congressional race, and was clear after i got off the phone, he knew a lot about political science but he didn't know a lot about that congressional district which was the district that yale was in. look, some political scientists are quite astute at this. they're cautious. they understand the abilities of models and limits of models. others just think every number matters. to me, you know, it's part of what i
we saw the news taking osier in the last week or so. how much weight do you put on this at this point? >> unfortunately or fortunately i was trained as a political scientist. taught political science at bucknell university before i went into the business i'm in now, which is kind of a political handicapping, and i keep an eye on what political scientists say and do and what their models show, but i remember too many models in of the past that predicted one thing and something else...
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for us this week. stay with us. so anyway, i've been to a lot of places. you know, i've helped alot of people save a lot of money. but today...( sfx: loud noise of metal object hitting the ground) things have been a little strange. (sfx: sound of piano smashing) roadrunner: meep meep. meep meep? (sfx: loud thud sound) awhat strange place. geico®. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. and we got onesies. sometimes miracles get messy. so we use tide free. no perfumes or dyes for her delicate skin. brad. not it. not it. just kidding. that's our tide. what's yours? >> blue, red, the work that i'm doing. i'm really proud of that. i'm really proud of all of you and -- >> that moment was from president obama's emotional speech to his campaign staff the day after he was re-elected. we're still here talking about president obama's passion for the process. joining our panel are raoul reyes and nancy gooils. raoul, when i saw the president choke up about that, he also had gotte
for us this week. stay with us. so anyway, i've been to a lot of places. you know, i've helped alot of people save a lot of money. but today...( sfx: loud noise of metal object hitting the ground) things have been a little strange. (sfx: sound of piano smashing) roadrunner: meep meep. meep meep? (sfx: loud thud sound) awhat strange place. geico®. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. and we got onesies. sometimes miracles get messy. so we use tide free. no...
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outsource the spanking of obama then put a more pleasant fella on the ticket. he wants christie out there doing the dirty work. he wants a nicer guy like pawlenty on the ticket with him hopefully sharing space with him some day. use the big guy from jersey to clear the beach of obama. let tim enjoy the comfort of a good job. this is what see shaping up. a snarling campaign with the elephants trampling their way around the circus tent. what's the old romney formula? support the enterprise by shipping the dirtier jobs off shore. now, that's what i call equity. that's "hardball" for now. "politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> welcome to "politicsnation." i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, the gop divided over willard mitt romney's tax returns. today rush limbaugh launched a scathing attack on a growing list of republicans calling on governor romney to release his taxes. >> i saw practically the entire republican establishment thinks he should. what an asinine thing to suggest. i don'think romney ought to release his tax returns. i hope romney is kee
outsource the spanking of obama then put a more pleasant fella on the ticket. he wants christie out there doing the dirty work. he wants a nicer guy like pawlenty on the ticket with him hopefully sharing space with him some day. use the big guy from jersey to clear the beach of obama. let tim enjoy the comfort of a good job. this is what see shaping up. a snarling campaign with the elephants trampling their way around the circus tent. what's the old romney formula? support the enterprise by...
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possible as to why barack obama could be ahead in the polls is because he's black. i mean, this -- you also had john sununu several months ago say he doesn't understand what it is to be an american, which he tried to backtrack on that again. again andrea mitchell tried to give him a chance to save himself. time and again we have heard these kinds of attacks that, you know what? john sununu should just keep saying it. every time they say it, a further galvanizes our side. if that's what you really think of the president, go ahead and keep saying it because it only helps us. >> karen, finney, professor james piterson, thank you for joining us. next. was mr. romney's performance last night really what women want? stay with us. >> but the right answer is not to have the federal government take over health care and start mandating to the providers across america telling a patient and a doctor what kind of treatment they can have. >> jerry, just remember, it's not a lie if you believe it. [ horn honks ] [ male announcer ] you start your day... love you, too. ...thinking a
possible as to why barack obama could be ahead in the polls is because he's black. i mean, this -- you also had john sununu several months ago say he doesn't understand what it is to be an american, which he tried to backtrack on that again. again andrea mitchell tried to give him a chance to save himself. time and again we have heard these kinds of attacks that, you know what? john sununu should just keep saying it. every time they say it, a further galvanizes our side. if that's what you...
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was the clear winner in the third and final debate this week. he won over viewers 56% to 33% it wasn't even close but, of course, you remember mitt romney won the first debate. the editor in chief of the gallup poll, frank newport is back with us again. good to see you. >> good morning. >> when you ask people their overall impressions, they say slightly more to mitt romney. what's the takeaway from the debates? >> basically even, 46-44, so this is very specific now. think about all three debates and people put it together and it breaks even. so, the takeaway is what we would call a primacy effect. how is that for a nice word? >> what does it mean? >> the first debate out of the chute seems to say that it's a more important debate. >> maybe a wash. >> you about it was not strong for one candidate than the other even though they differentially performed. >> mitt romney has a three-point lead among likely voters but it was as high as seven a week ago. so, again, here we are 11 days out from the election, how close is this race? >> it's quite close,
was the clear winner in the third and final debate this week. he won over viewers 56% to 33% it wasn't even close but, of course, you remember mitt romney won the first debate. the editor in chief of the gallup poll, frank newport is back with us again. good to see you. >> good morning. >> when you ask people their overall impressions, they say slightly more to mitt romney. what's the takeaway from the debates? >> basically even, 46-44, so this is very specific now. think...
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in over a year, there hasn't been one week where less than a majority of americans want to repeal obama care. >> let's stick to the question before us. as you know, these are serious issues. a government shutdown looms. do you and the tea party caucus members who you lead, will they vote against anything less than $61 billion? in cuts? >> well, i think we won't be taking a position as a caucus. each member will come to their own decision. i firmly believe that by friday, a deal will be made. i doubt that we'll see a government shutdown in the final analysis. unfortunately, howard dean, chuck schumer and harry reid already revealed their hand to the american people. their goal is to see government shut down. i think what we need to do is end this thing for 2011 because as you know, speaker pelosi and the democrats did not do their job. they didn't pass a budget. they didn't fund government for this year. that's why republicans are involved in this exercise. i actually think that we will come to an agreement. and then we'll move on to 2012. and then you'll see, i think, some dramatic cuts
in over a year, there hasn't been one week where less than a majority of americans want to repeal obama care. >> let's stick to the question before us. as you know, these are serious issues. a government shutdown looms. do you and the tea party caucus members who you lead, will they vote against anything less than $61 billion? in cuts? >> well, i think we won't be taking a position as a caucus. each member will come to their own decision. i firmly believe that by friday, a deal will...
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and this week, get $200 off the hp envy dv6 notebook. staples. that was easy. >>> president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. and to heal the planet. >> trying to bite my lip just like mitt romney. it was a stupid joke when he told it at the republican convention in tampa. but only the dregs of mitt romney's base could find funny. but now after a week where we saw more than our fair share of rising sea levels, it's pure political poison. and even mr. romney is embarrassed. take a listen to this. >> something to rise of funny? >> i would never imagine such a thing as funny. how are you? >> is climate change still a joke to you? >> as a matter of fact, i know you're filming, if you would like to see my view on global warming, i wrote a book and there's a chapter on global warming and you will see what i think we need to do to deal with it. >> karen, it was october 10th, over three weeks ago that mr. romney took a reporter's question. i think we now see why that is. >> absolutely. he doesn't -- here's the thing. he doesn't care
and this week, get $200 off the hp envy dv6 notebook. staples. that was easy. >>> president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. and to heal the planet. >> trying to bite my lip just like mitt romney. it was a stupid joke when he told it at the republican convention in tampa. but only the dregs of mitt romney's base could find funny. but now after a week where we saw more than our fair share of rising sea levels, it's pure political poison. and even mr. romney...
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we've seen, of course, the obama campaign fire back. but what i do think has been interesting is just taking the past week with mitt romney on the defensive and how he's actually trying to fight back. >> yeah, and also part of the fighting back i know you've heard these comments from rush limbaugh already saying the remarks made by governor sununu and even governor romney using the language extraordinarily foreign when discussing the president's economic policy, that this is all from him at least from his perspective? >> well, rush is trying to take some of the credit. of course, we haven't seen romney himself issue some of these attacks. of course, we heard it yesterday from former new hampshire governor john sununu who is a surrogate for the romney campaign. we have seen some anonymous romney advisers saying they're going to take the brass knuckles to president obama, maybe revisit some of the drug issues that president obama had when he was in his youth. we've yet to hear it from mitt romney. it remains to be seen. i'm reemphasize, t
we've seen, of course, the obama campaign fire back. but what i do think has been interesting is just taking the past week with mitt romney on the defensive and how he's actually trying to fight back. >> yeah, and also part of the fighting back i know you've heard these comments from rush limbaugh already saying the remarks made by governor sununu and even governor romney using the language extraordinarily foreign when discussing the president's economic policy, that this is all from him...
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president obama getting briefed regularly on the situation. and martin, he has a pretty busy weeks planned. he's scheduled to be campaigning in iowa, colorado, virginia this week. campaign officials tell me that as of right now, there are no changes to his schedule, but, of course, if it does become necessary, he could wind up coming back to the white house to monitor the situation from here. but, again, no scheduled changes at this point in time, but the president is getting updated regularly on the storm. martin? >> kristen, so your understanding is he will embark on this college tour? >> reporter: absolutely. as of right now, he's scheduled to appear at campaign events in colorado, iowa, and virginia. he will be focusing on courting the key voting bloc, young voters. of course, he won them big in 2008. he's hoping to hold on to them again in 2012. >> nbc's kristen welker at the white house. thanks so much, kristen. >> thanks. >> we'll be right back. ♪ i can do anything today ♪ i can go anywhere ♪ i can go anywhere today ♪ la la la l
president obama getting briefed regularly on the situation. and martin, he has a pretty busy weeks planned. he's scheduled to be campaigning in iowa, colorado, virginia this week. campaign officials tell me that as of right now, there are no changes to his schedule, but, of course, if it does become necessary, he could wind up coming back to the white house to monitor the situation from here. but, again, no scheduled changes at this point in time, but the president is getting updated regularly...
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. >>> president obama gave a strong rebuke for mitt romney over his 47% comments that got out this week. let's watch the president. >> in 2008 47% of the country didn't vote for me, but on the night of the election, i said to all those americans, i may not have won your vote, but i hear your voices. i need your help, and i will be your president. the values we believe in don't just belong to workers or businesses. the 53% or the 47%, the rich or the poor, the 1%, the 99%. these are american values. they belong to all of us. >> meanwhile, down in new orleans at an aarp conference, paul ryan got booed by the audience when he talked about repealing obama care. let's listen. >> the first step to a stronger medicare is to repeal obama care because it represents the worst of both worlds. i had a feeling there would be mixed reaction. >> what do we make of that, howard? here is a group of older people. what i keep looking at are the polls that show the only age group that supports mitt romney are 65 and older, that's it. if people under retirement age got to vote only, he'd get killed. the fac
. >>> president obama gave a strong rebuke for mitt romney over his 47% comments that got out this week. let's watch the president. >> in 2008 47% of the country didn't vote for me, but on the night of the election, i said to all those americans, i may not have won your vote, but i hear your voices. i need your help, and i will be your president. the values we believe in don't just belong to workers or businesses. the 53% or the 47%, the rich or the poor, the 1%, the 99%. these...
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a new survey shows that obama's support from minorities in the crucial 2012 swing states remains strong. that's important. and the nonpartisan congressional budget office reports that obama's 2009 stimulus bill, which republicans love to blast him for, saved and created jobs and spurred the economy. how's that? how do you like those apples? anyway, the health care law, which republicans also blast him for and vow to repeal, has also been helping seniors save money on prescription drugs. that too from the nonpartisan cbo. on top of all that, a new poll out today from gallup shows that republican enthusiasm for this coming election is waning. their excitement about voting in 2012 has dropped nine points since september. how will that affect the 2012 race? lots to chew on here. eugene robinson, an msnbc political analyst and pulitzer prize winning columnist for "the washington post", and ron reagan, author of "my father at 100." gene, it's great to have you on. let's start with the devastating reply from the criticism from romney yesterday that the president's strategy is one of appeasemen
a new survey shows that obama's support from minorities in the crucial 2012 swing states remains strong. that's important. and the nonpartisan congressional budget office reports that obama's 2009 stimulus bill, which republicans love to blast him for, saved and created jobs and spurred the economy. how's that? how do you like those apples? anyway, the health care law, which republicans also blast him for and vow to repeal, has also been helping seniors save money on prescription drugs. that...
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with two weeks until the election, here's the latest run. sarah palin offered an opinion about the benghazi embassy attack. in a facebook post, she said, "obama's shuck and jive ends with benghazi lives." and ann coulter reacted to the third presidential debate tweeting, "i highly approve of romney's decision to be kind and gentle to the retard." coulter didn't back down. she used obama's joke about romnesia as an excuse to do it again. she tweeted, "obama, stage 3 romnesia, because cancer references are hilarious. if he's the smartest guy in the room, it must be one of the retarded room." then there's birther in chief, donald trump, who has been appropriating his big game-changing announcement for days. trump's big announcement was an offer to give $5 million to president obama's favorite charity if the president would release all of his college and passport records. the announcement was so lame, an online gambling firm refunded $500 in bets. donald trump has recently appeared at two more fund-raisers for the romney campaign. let's turn to
with two weeks until the election, here's the latest run. sarah palin offered an opinion about the benghazi embassy attack. in a facebook post, she said, "obama's shuck and jive ends with benghazi lives." and ann coulter reacted to the third presidential debate tweeting, "i highly approve of romney's decision to be kind and gentle to the retard." coulter didn't back down. she used obama's joke about romnesia as an excuse to do it again. she tweeted, "obama, stage 3...